I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 289 The Emperor Collapse [Happy National Day, please vote]

"...Also, the Huns have been quite peaceful in recent years, but they are like wild wolves outside the Great Wall, lurking in the darkness. The reason why they did not launch an attack is just looking for the right time. Ying'er, don't let your guard down. .As for South Vietnam, what you have to do is to strengthen exchanges, support trade, and open up roads connecting the Lingnan region. When more Han people take root in South Vietnam, then... cough, cough."

Although Liu Bang occasionally coughed violently, he did not show any signs of fatigue, his eyes became brighter and his voice rose with excitement.

From the court to the counties, from Guanzhong to the border, he told Liu Ying all the key points of interest.

This is the valuable experience he has accumulated over more than ten years.

However, the questions he explained were trivial and messy, and it was not an easy task to sort them out.

Now that he is telling them all in one go, Liu Bang mainly hopes that Liu Ying will not ignore their existence.

As for how to deal with these problems, that is not something he can teach at the moment.

Some hidden dangers have not yet evolved into real disasters.

Liu Ying attaches great importance to them and pays attention to prevention. Maybe Liu Bang's worries will always exist only in his imagination, and those crises are like unfounded worries about the collapse of the world.

But if they become a reality, Liu Bang doesn't know in what form they will appear, and he cannot give specific solutions.

When he talked about the drought in Sanhe Land, he suddenly waved his hand and said, "I have said what needs to be said. I am a little tired and need to rest."

After saying that, Liu Bang closed his eyes slightly, breathing very hard, and his original energetic appearance was no longer there.

"I'm in Chang'an...I can't get back, I can't get back, my soul longs for it, An...I'm old but I regret it." Liu Bang was softly beating the beat on the bed, humming in a low voice when he rose in the daytime. The sentimental ballad completes the last sentence.

After ascending to the highest position in the world, how many emperors spent their old age searching for prescriptions and medicines, burning elixirs and refining mercury. Even if they were as wise as Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, they could not escape from the vulgarity.

They want to seek immortality, continue to stay in the world, enjoy supreme power, and do not want to leave the prosperity of the world.

The First Emperor summoned warriors from all over the world and sent countless fleets out to sea, but it was useless in exchange for the coffins and abalone.

Liu Bang, who rose from humble beginnings, turned out to be magnanimous.

I was a dissolute young man, but I inherited the destiny and ascended to the throne. Now my body is aging. This is God's will. Is there anyone in the world who can intervene and stop it?
His only regret was that he felt that if he could be reborn and try again, he could make up for many of his mistakes and do better than before.

"Clap."

As Liu Bang's hand slowly dropped, the candlelight beside the wall of Changle Palace exploded with a crisp sound.

Liu Bang, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, passed away at the age of 65.

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After a big upswing, there is often a big downturn.

There is no clear line between extreme happiness and extreme sorrow.

The day before, Chang'an City became a sea of ​​joy because of the celebration of the 15th anniversary of the founding of the Han Dynasty.The next day in Chang'an City, when the news of Liu Bang's death spread, he suddenly fell into sadness.

Most of the people at the bottom have never been close to the palace city. They have never seen the emperor sitting on the high throne, and they don't know what Liu Bang looks like.

It’s just that they can personally feel the changes in their lives, especially the elderly.

During the Warring States Period, they were precarious and had to worry about the flames of war burning down their hometowns. Looting, massacres, and killing of prisoners were all commonplace.

During the Qin Dynasty, they had nowhere to hide. With heavy corvee and harsh taxes, everyone was born with a heavy "debt" that needed to be repaid throughout their lives.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, they followed the trend and saw the "changing king's flag on the city head". A rebel army entered the city. Within three months, their leader's head was hung on the city wall, and another wave of people changed in the city. .

No one likes this kind of life.

But no one tells them how life can get better.

It was not until the establishment of the Han Dynasty that people all over the world suddenly realized that their lives could be stable. If they worked diligently in the fields for a year, they could provide enough food for a family of three.

The First Emperor enshrined himself in Zen at Mount Tai and engraved his achievements on stones.

Liu Bang worked hard for the world. At this time, everything in Chang'an City was pristine, and the sadness and nostalgia of countless people were the best inscription of his achievements.

Compared with the pure sadness of the people, the mood of the ministers in the court was more complicated.

When Liu Bang was still there, they did not realize his importance.

Especially in recent years, due to frequent physical discomforts, he has reduced the frequency of morning meetings. Most of the time, he only nods and makes decisions, and rarely participates in the handling of specific things.

This caused many people in the court to ignore Liu Bang's role.

The next morning.

The ministers gathered in the front hall. They already knew what had happened, but when they found that the top position was empty, their hearts were also empty, as if they had lost their support.

The quality that a good leader should have is the courage to make decisions and the courage to take responsibility after making mistakes in his own decisions.

Liu Bang did this perfectly.

While everyone was still sighing, they heard the attendant standing on the side shout: "Emperor Daxing will be buried in heaven!"

So everyone bowed their heads in silence.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Ying, accompanied by Lu Pheasant, temporarily sat at the top position.

Before Liu Bang's death, he arranged all aspects of things in detail, and the results were good. Everyone understood that Liu Bang's other sons were sealed, and the crown prince's succession was a certainty.

The inheritance of the throne is smooth and orderly, so there will be no chaos.

Sitting in the highest position, overlooking the ministers, Liu Ying felt that her palms began to sweat. She had no idea how her father managed to speak calmly and calmly in front of so many people.

"Ying'er, it's your turn to speak." Lu Pheasant reminded him softly, sitting a few feet below Liu Ying.

"Yeah." Liu Ying took a deep breath and then said calmly, "Everyone, the death of the late emperor is a tragedy for the country, and it is sad and painful. There are several things that need to be discussed today. First of all, we must determine the posthumous name and temple name for the late emperor. .”

Posthumous titles began in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and it is rumored that they were formulated by the Duke of Zhou. However, they were actually formed during the periods of King Gong and King Mu in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty. They continued throughout the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and became the evaluation system for the posthumous names of countless monarchs.

Temple names appeared earlier and were created by the Shang Dynasty, such as Shang Taizu Chengtang, Shang Taizong Taijia, Shang Shizu Pan Geng...

However, after Yingzheng established the Qin Dynasty, he believed that it was a treasonous act for a son to discuss his father and a minister to discuss the emperor, so he abolished the evaluation system of posthumous title plus temple title.

Naturally, the Han Dynasty had no intention of inheriting this content.

Before Liu Bang's death, many Chehous passed away, and they were given posthumous titles according to etiquette and law. For example, Xiao He's posthumous title was "Wen" and he was Fou Wenhou.

After Liu Ying finished speaking, the officials in the palace immediately looked at Chen Luo and Shusun Tong.The etiquette of the Han Dynasty was formulated by them. The posthumous titles of Chehou Hou who passed away in the past were often proposed through these two people, and Liu Bang nodded and accepted them.

At this time, Chen Luo stood up and saluted: "Back to the Crown Prince, the most important thing in evaluating the prince's life is fairness.

The use of posthumous titles such as Wen, Wu, Zhao, and Kang is a recognition of their achievements during their lifetime, indicating that this person's behavior is worthy of being reported to heaven and recorded in history books for future generations to admire.

However, in the Zhou Dynasty, there were kings with the posthumous title of 'Li' and kings with the posthumous title of 'You'. This meant that they had made mistakes during their reign and needed to be punished and let future generations learn from them.

The importance of posthumous titles can be seen from this.

The Daxing Emperor was famous all over the world and had great merits and virtues. He was also the first emperor to have a posthumous title.

The posthumous title should be 'Gao', Emperor Gao. "

After thinking about it, Liu Ying did not respond immediately. Instead, she first observed the reactions of the ministers and then looked at her mother.

"Yes." Lu Pheasant nodded lightly.

"Emperor Gao, yes." Liu Ying breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that this posthumous title was indeed good, but since no one else recognized it, he did not dare to make a decision on his own.

Then he asked: "Then according to the Prime Minister, how about the temple name be Taizu?"

The posthumous title does need to be discussed, but there is no need to worry about the temple title.

With Liu Bang's achievements in creating the Han Dynasty, temple names are indispensable, and among the temple names of Taizu, Taizong, Shizu, Zhongzu, etc., only Taizu is suitable.

"Back to the Crown Prince, I think your suggestion is very correct. From now on, in the classics, the late emperor must be called 'Emperor Taizu Gao'." Chen Luo replied.

The two sang together and solved the first problem without spending much effort.

Chen Luo saluted and sat down.

Liu Ying continued to ask: "Then the second thing, what standards should be followed for the late emperor's funeral?"

This question was not answered so quickly.

After all, they have no precedent to follow.

If we follow the example of the First Emperor and build mausoleums throughout the country and cast hundreds of thousands of pottery figurines to be buried with them, we can literally hollow out the great Han Dynasty that has only just recovered a little now.

As for the earlier examples, they were the princes during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Their identities and status were so far behind those of the emperor that they were of no reference value.

There was silence in the hall for a moment, and a minister stood up and said, "Back to the Crown Prince, I feel that your Majesty always values ​​simplicity. In addition, the imperial mausoleum has been repaired, so the funeral should be simple and not grand."

His words caused many people to nod. The current big man is not suitable for tormenting, and a smooth transition is the best option.

However, some ministers stood up and clearly objected: "Your Majesty, the death of the great ancestor is a national tragedy, how can we be disrespectful? You must know that the late emperor liked fine clothes during his lifetime, but he only cared about the people's strength, so he didn't wear more of them.

Now that the late emperor has passed away, how can we, the ministers, not satisfy his hobbies?

Moreover, the tyrant Ying Zheng was guarded by an army of Yin soldiers. The former emperor was many times wiser, so how could he have no one to serve him underground?

I suggest that the coffin be made of nine layers of nanmu. The late emperor should be dressed in golden silk clothes and be accompanied by 99 pairs of boys and girls and 99 warriors. "

As soon as this suggestion came out, many people began to frown.

Simply ridiculous!
Even the tyrant Ying Zheng didn't use human sacrifice, and you actually proposed to use it again. What do you mean?
However, some people began to observe Liu Ying's reaction silently.

Although this suggestion is absurd, what if it is taken seriously?
After all, the late emperor was the father of the crown prince.

What son wouldn't want his father's funeral to be more beautiful, as it would make him look more respectable.

Liu Ying also did not express her attitude immediately. Instead, when the two ministers stood up to speak, she kept scanning the ministers and everyone, and noticed the carefulness in their expressions.

This is his talent. He has keen observation and can read a person's inner thoughts from his expression.

When the first courtier stood up to express his position, a small number of people nodded slightly to express their approval, and the rest did not show any special behavior; but when the next courtier stated his proposal, most of them frowned slightly. There were even expressions of indignation on the faces of some people, and only a few people did not react violently.

So he pondered for a moment and then said: "The late emperor did not like to spread and waste. He often told me that when he lived in Peixian County, even if there was only the last drop of wine left in the pot, he would drink it cleanly.

He might not be used to the gold silk clothes and purple nanmu coffin.

What's more, the late emperor was worried about the people on weekdays. When he heard the news of the severe drought, he was so worried that he could not sleep well at night. So if the people were buried in sacrifice, I'm afraid the late emperor would also feel guilty in his mausoleum. "

These words directly rejected the second proposal, and many people immediately relaxed.

See Weizhi book.

It seems that the crown prince has a kind nature and is able to adopt reasonable suggestions.

After Liu Ying becomes the monarch, they don't have to worry about their situation. Even if they make some mistakes, they probably only need to sincerely apologize and they will be forgiven.

Chen Luo heard Shusun Tong praising in a low voice behind him: "Although it is somewhat contrary to etiquette, it is an act of kindness."

"It is true." Silently thinking in his heart, Chen Luo stood up and expressed his opinion, "Crown Prince, the dignity of the former emperor lies in his merits and virtues, not in his fine clothes and beautiful things. The envoys from all countries have not yet After leaving Chang'an, they can write hymns, carve them on beautiful jade, and bury them in Changling. I think this is what the late emperor would like to see."

Liu Ying did reject the second suggestion, but it did not mean that he fully recognized the first suggestion.

After all, a simple burial is not that comfortable to listen to.

My proposal will not waste people or money, and it will make Liu Bang's funeral not look simple.

Therefore, after Chen Luo made the proposal, Liu Ying's eyes lit up.

He saw all the ministers nodding frequently, so he smiled and said: "Good. I think the prime minister's suggestion is indeed good."

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Emperor Gaozu first started as a disciple.Yan Congsi was named Peigong.A hero is determined to be a hero, and he works hard to achieve his goals.Tongyun Yudang, Su Ling Bao Feng.Dragons turn into stars, and snakes divide their paths into the sky.The Xiong family is in charge of life, breaking the promise and abandoning the work.I, the king of Bashu, am really angry.The Three Qin Dynasties moved to the north, and the Five Soldiers moved to the east.Panshui ascended the throne and built a palace in Chang'an.Repelling the Xiongnu in the north and conquering the barbarians in the south.Weijia spread all over the world and returned the song to the strong wind. ——"Historical Records·The Chronicles of Emperor Gaozu"

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In June Bingyin, he died in Changle and was buried in Changling.

After leaving, the crown prince and all the ministers returned to the Taishang Imperial Temple.

The officials said: "The emperor rose from the subtle, reversed the chaos, and pacified the world. He was the Taizu of the Han Dynasty and had the highest merit." The title of the emperor is Emperor Gao. ——"Hanshu·Gaodiji"

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